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‘International carriers have returned around 80 percent of their slots at Thailand’s airports’

The managing director of Airports of Thailand says international carriers have returned around 80 percent of their slots at Thailand’s airports. Nitinai Sirisamatthakarn says around 80 percent of slots between Oct 31 and March 26 next year have been returned, indicating that airlines are uncertain about any imminent recovery in the aviation sector. Airport slots […]

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Thailand: More secure payment needed

Related parties share a common view that the security bar must be further raised by both users and service operators to prevent cybercrime regarding online payment transactions. Panic broke out last week after scores of bank card holders, particularly those with debit cards, complained via social media that their money had been removed without their […]

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Thailand: Ministry aims to keep living costs in check

The Commerce Ministry’s Internal Trade Department is keeping a close watch on the prices of essential and agricultural products for the remainder of the year as floods are affecting parts of the country and energy prices are rising. Wattanasak Sur-iam, the department’s director-general, said products under the department’s focus include consumer products for daily use, […]

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New Tour Teaw Thai gets tepid response

The new Tour Teaw Thai, which helps subsidise 40% of tour packages of up to 5,000 baht to one million people, received lukewarm feedback from both travellers and tour operators despite the start of new travel season. From Oct 8-20, which was the starting period, only 383 tour packages had been sold from 255 available […]

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